How Many People Are Named Rutherford?
people named Rutherford are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,546,537 people in the US has this name
Based on 729 babies named Rutherford in Social Security records from 1880 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rutherford in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rutherford alive today is about 45 years old, and 46% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 8 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rutherford first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 25 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Rutherford has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #736, in 1880.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #736 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,079 in the 1920s |
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